diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 21407a94957..3bd965d400a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 // TODO: this is work in progress, please follow FINERACT-1171
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        jacocoVersion = '0.8.7'
+        jacocoVersion = '0.8.12'
         retrofitVersion = '2.9.0'
         okhttpVersion = '4.9.3'
         oltuVersion = '1.0.1'
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ configure(project.fineractJavaProjects) {
     // Configuration for the Checkstyle plugin
     // https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/checkstyle_plugin.html
     dependencies {
-        checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.5.0'
-        checkstyle 'com.github.sevntu-checkstyle:sevntu-checks:1.44.0'
+        checkstyle 'com.puppycrawl.tools:checkstyle:10.21.0'
+        checkstyle 'com.github.sevntu-checkstyle:sevntu-checks:1.44.1'
     }
 
     // Configuration for JaCoCo code coverage task
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ configure(project.fineractJavaProjects) {
     // Configuration for the errorprone plugin
     // https://github.com/tbroyer/gradle-errorprone-plugin
     dependencies {
-        errorprone "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_core:2.16"
+        errorprone "com.google.errorprone:error_prone_core:2.36.0"
     }
 
     tasks.withType(JavaCompile) {
diff --git a/custom/docker/build.gradle b/custom/docker/build.gradle
index 45e29df3f7c..7ff818434b1 100644
--- a/custom/docker/build.gradle
+++ b/custom/docker/build.gradle
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jib {
         }
         // NOTE: other custom dependencies
         implementation 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client'
-        implementation 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.31'
+        implementation 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.33'
         implementation 'org.postgresql:postgresql'
         annotationProcessor('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-autoconfigure-processor')
         annotationProcessor('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-configuration-processor')
diff --git a/fineract-provider/build.gradle b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
index bbfadc13970..bc2bfcd6020 100644
--- a/fineract-provider/build.gradle
+++ b/fineract-provider/build.gradle
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     driver 'org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client'
     driver 'org.postgresql:postgresql'
-    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.31'
+    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.33'
 }
 
 URLClassLoader loader = GroovyObject.class.classLoader
diff --git a/instancemode-tests/build.gradle b/instancemode-tests/build.gradle
index 4660b829f4d..e013fa0aa98 100644
--- a/instancemode-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/instancemode-tests/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ configurations {
     driver
 }
 dependencies {
-    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.31'
+    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.33'
 }
 
 cargo {
diff --git a/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle b/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle
index 7cff697529e..fcd460762b1 100644
--- a/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/instancemode-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.69@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.98@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             'io.cucumber:cucumber-spring',
diff --git a/integration-tests/build.gradle b/integration-tests/build.gradle
index e1969a2cadc..37014c7e7b1 100644
--- a/integration-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ configurations {
     driver
 }
 dependencies {
-    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.31'
+    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.33'
 }
 
 cargo {
diff --git a/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle b/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle
index 85c597a8e44..8e18514fffa 100644
--- a/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/integration-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.69@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.98@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             project(path: ':fineract-avro-schemas', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ dependencies {
 
     testCompileOnly 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
     testAnnotationProcessor 'org.projectlombok:lombok'
-    testImplementation 'com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8:2.35.0'
+    testImplementation 'com.github.tomakehurst:wiremock-jre8:2.35.2'
 }
diff --git a/oauth2-tests/build.gradle b/oauth2-tests/build.gradle
index 91a1027d19f..00662ef3c34 100644
--- a/oauth2-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/oauth2-tests/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ configurations {
     driver
 }
 dependencies {
-    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.31'
+    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.33'
 }
 
 cargo {
diff --git a/oauth2-tests/dependencies.gradle b/oauth2-tests/dependencies.gradle
index b886631c3d9..137eaa172f6 100644
--- a/oauth2-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/oauth2-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.69@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.98@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api',
diff --git a/twofactor-tests/build.gradle b/twofactor-tests/build.gradle
index 74daf9e0e6f..b2beb577dc3 100644
--- a/twofactor-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/twofactor-tests/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ configurations {
     driver
 }
 dependencies {
-    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.31'
+    driver 'mysql:mysql-connector-java:8.0.33'
 }
 
 cargo {
diff --git a/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle b/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle
index b51fcbe1344..ca07b04d7cd 100644
--- a/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/twofactor-tests/dependencies.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     // testCompile dependencies are ONLY used in src/test, not src/main.
     // Do NOT repeat dependencies which are ALREADY in implementation or runtimeOnly!
     //
-    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.69@zip'
+    tomcat 'org.apache.tomcat:tomcat:9.0.98@zip'
     testImplementation( files("$rootDir/fineract-provider/build/classes/java/main/"),
             project(path: ':fineract-provider', configuration: 'runtimeElements'),
             'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api',